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Understanding Peer Influence in Children and Adolescents

By Prinstein, Mitchell J

Understanding Peer Influence in Children and Adolescents

By Prinstein, Mitchell J

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Scientists, educators, and parents of teens have long recognized the potency of peer influences on children and youth, but until recently, questions of how and why adolescents emulate their peers were largely overlooked. This book presents a comprehensive framework for understanding the processes by which peers shape each other's attitudes and behavior, and explores implications for intervention and prevention. Leading authorities share compelling findings on such topics as how drug use, risky sexual behavior, and other deviant behaviors ""catch on"" among certain peer groups or cliques; the social, cognitive, developmental, and contextual factors that strengthen or weaken the power of peer influence; and the nature of positive peer influences and how to support them.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
255
Release Date:
2010-03-03
Publication Date:
2010-04-05
Publisher:
Guilford Publications
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1606236474
ISBN13:
9781606236475
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
385 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
230 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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